| Author | Message | ||
| Craig A (Milo)
Member Username: Milo Post Number: 257 Registered: 4-2003 |
I got the Mustang remark again the other day leaving church. I overheard one of the kids say as I was leaving.. "Cool Mustang!". I'll straighten him out next Sunday.  | ||
| matt green (Mattg)
New member Username: Mattg Post Number: 26 Registered: 4-2003 |
people keep asking what kind of ferrari my lotus s4s is... | ||
| Carl Roberts (Carl63_99)
Junior Member Username: Carl63_99 Post Number: 84 Registered: 10-2001 |
Here are a couple pics, check out Bricklin.org if you care to see more.   Carl | ||
| Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 367 Registered: 12-2002 |
LOL @ Dave. | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1830 Registered: 8-2002 |
"The law required car bumpers to withstand a 5mph impact, but the Bricklins could take a 20mph impact with little to no damage." It's true that the "Bricks" were way ahead of their time when it came to passive safety features. The cars were equipped with side-impact beams in the doors, built-in roll cages, and 5 MILE PER HOUR BUMPERS, which far exceeded the standards of the time. Even today, though most companies are using bumpers that will withstand a 5 MPH impact, federal law only requires that they be rated to 2 1/2 MPH. | ||
| Joel White (Joel)
New member Username: Joel Post Number: 6 Registered: 4-2002 |
I was driving my (16 year old) baby sitter home one night and came up on the back of a new 360. I made a comment along the lines of 'beautiful,� she asks if that was a mustang, when I was done chocking I told her �no, that is a Ferrari 360; it is $200K a mustang is 20K� she replied �oh, they both have horses.� And there is where the similarity ends�..they both have horses. Now when I was 16, and I saw an fcar�it was like there was nothing else on the road. Joel | ||
| Dave (Maranelloman)
Intermediate Member Username: Maranelloman Post Number: 1811 Registered: 1-2002 |
You would be amazed at how many times I have been asked at a gas station if my 550 is the "new Vette" or the upcoming "C6 Corvette". After a while, I started playing along & saying "yes, it is". They'd ask em questions like "what motor's it got?", and I'll tell them "the V-12" and they say "WOW! Wil that be an option??". I reply, "I can't tell you any more. I am on a cross-country shake-down drive of a preproduction prototype" or something like that, and all I get is a knowing nod in return. Very amusing... | ||
| Jeff Green (Carguy)
Member Username: Carguy Post Number: 317 Registered: 10-2002 |
Anthony...Malcom Bricklin was a successful business man who made cars for a couple of years. He wanted it to be the safest car on the road, and named the car the SV-1 (Safety Vehicle One) They were plastic bodies cars that kinda looked like a 308, 300ZX, and a Mazda RX7 all rolled up into one. The law required car bumpers to withstand a 5mph impact, but the Bricklins could take a 20mph impact with little to no damage. They used Ford motors I believe. The performance was actually quite good for the day. Fit and finish was horrible on the ones I've seen. They are a rare sight now a days. They are a real underdog, but I kinda like 'em. | ||
| Anthony_Ferrari (Anthony_ferrari)
Member Username: Anthony_ferrari Post Number: 292 Registered: 11-2002 |
What's a Bricklin? | ||
| Mister Jones (Davey_jones)
New member Username: Davey_jones Post Number: 30 Registered: 9-2002 |
I haven't seen a Bricklin in years!!! They look like a "squished" 308 or something yuck!! | ||
| Carl Roberts (Carl63_99)
Junior Member Username: Carl63_99 Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2001 |
Lee, I"m amazed that someone who even knows a damn thing about the Bricklin has trouble telling it from a Ferrari. I saw one several years ago at a car meet. Talk about the ugliest, most ill-concieved POS. Guy said if anything broke, it was six months down-time minimum. | ||
| Lee Pierce (Leepierce)
Junior Member Username: Leepierce Post Number: 110 Registered: 1-2003 |
Oh, yeah, and my best question yet at a gas station..."Is that a Ferrari or a Bricklin?" No joke. | ||
| Lee Pierce (Leepierce)
Junior Member Username: Leepierce Post Number: 109 Registered: 1-2003 |
Yeah, here in Tennessee I race Mustangs at red lights every now and then. And as I watch their taillights disappear in front of me as their monstrous, new, powerful V8 trounces my little 25-year old 3 liter, I think to myself happily, "Thank GOD I'm not driving that piece of sh**!" | ||
| 911 Fan (911fan)
New member Username: 911fan Post Number: 4 Registered: 5-2003 |
I had the hatch open and was showing my 360's engine compartment to a friend in a restaurant parking lot after lunch today. Three 20-somethings walked up to us. One gal asked "Is that the new Mustang?". I couldn't resist: "Yeah, how do you like it?". Her male friend turned to her and said "See...told ya!". They walked around the front, checking things out. Finally, one of them read the badge and exclaimed the inevitable: "IT'S A FERRARI!". The horror... | ||
| Barney Guzzo (Trinacria)
Junior Member Username: Trinacria Post Number: 243 Registered: 8-2002 |
They confuse Mustangs with Ferraris because some of the Mustangs had TRX wheels too. | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Member Username: Peters Post Number: 579 Registered: 1-2003 |
Craig....The story of the prancing horse is simple and fascinating. The horse was painted on the fuselage of the fighter plane flown by Francesco Baracca, a heroic Italian pilot who died on Mount Montello. He was the Italian ace of aces of the First World War. In 1923, when he won the first Savio circuit, which was run in Ravenna, Enzo met Count Enrico Baracca, the pilot's father, and subsequently his mother, Countess Paolina. One day she said to Enzo, "Ferrari, why don't you put my son's prancing horse on your cars,it would bring you luck." He so did. The horse was black and has remained so. | ||
| Craig A (Milo)
Junior Member Username: Milo Post Number: 197 Registered: 4-2003 |
Ferrari is a Mustang? Come on... it is clear that Ford chose a "running horse" while Ferrari chose the "prancing horse". And I think Enzo had the horse thing long before Ford. | ||
| JT (Mightymagician)
New member Username: Mightymagician Post Number: 49 Registered: 11-2002 |
>>"BUT YOU GOTTA GIVE US A HEAD START IN THAT SH*T!" classic. I would not have been able to drive straight from laughing so hard. | ||
| Paul Loussia (Bumboola)
Junior Member Username: Bumboola Post Number: 62 Registered: 3-2003 |
True dialogue from about 5 years ago. Passenger in Mustang GT convertible in CAPS (he was yelling over my Tubi) and me in my 355 Spider, after I pull up next to him at a light before the highway after following him for a couple of miles. "GODDAMM! WHAT IS THAT, A LOTUS?" "No, it's a Ferrari." "A WHAT?" "A FERRARI." (me) "A FERRARI, HUH? I COULD HERE THAT THING WINDING UP ALL THE WAY DOWN MAIN STREET! GODDAMM! IS IT FAST?" "It's not bad." "WELL, LET'S JUST SEE WHAT THIS LITTLE AMERICAN V8 CAN DO TO YOUR FERRARI!" "Alright." "BUT YOU GOTTA GIVE US A HEAD START IN THAT SH*T!" "You got it." So I gave him a big head start, but needless to say, it didn't last very long! | ||
| Jack (Gilles27)
Member Username: Gilles27 Post Number: 955 Registered: 3-2002 |
Strange, but I seem to read about a lot of people confusing Ferraris with Mustangs! Not sure why... | ||
| Steve M (Steve308gtsi)
Junior Member Username: Steve308gtsi Post Number: 72 Registered: 5-2002 |
A friend came over with a 360 and my neighbor thought it was a Mitsubishi. Go figure. | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
Advanced Member Username: Countachxx Post Number: 2565 Registered: 2-2001 |
Ive had people just stare at the cheese graters on the TR, "like WTF is that ?" 2 old ladies who saw the Countach told me it looked like my car was missing the top half LOL | ||
| Scotty (Pzerowaster)
Junior Member Username: Pzerowaster Post Number: 81 Registered: 10-2002 |
True it is. I was gassin' up the other night and got the "Mustang" comment... "I've never seen a mustang like THAT before." | ||
| Jeffrey Wolfe (86mondial32)
New member Username: 86mondial32 Post Number: 11 Registered: 5-2003 |
Had a funny event the other day. Reminded me how often the general public has no clue what they are seeing. In traffic with some friends that are not car people I spotted a Ferrari. Pointing it out to them I mentioned it was an F car. One of my passengers corrected me by saying " thats not a Ferrari.. it's a Mondial. It says so right on the rear end". After laughing for a few I recalled how often I have overheard comments calling Esprits Lambroghinis and Diablos Ferrari's. I guess we are still a pretty small part of the general public. |